Senior Process Engineer

General Description

The incumbent is responsible to provide technical process support to the Production Shift teams and the Facility Owner of the process area in the LNG Terminal.

Roles and Responsbilities

The incumbent shall be responsible for, but not limited to the following scope of tasks and duties:

• Provide technical support for routine and non-routine production activities and develop best practices to improve production safety, reliability and efficiency.
• Evaluate current production activities, make recommendations and execute continuous process improvements in the areas of safety initiatives, equipment reliability and operational excellence.
• Troubleshoot for process and equipment problems to ensure greater operational reliability and efficiency
• Measure plant performance including power consumption index, operating index relating to process availability, efficiency and reliability and other relevant field data surveys.
• Undertake energy efficiency and optimisation projects as required.
• Undertake alarm management for assigned area and proactively drive alarms to ensure robust operations.
• Undertake Management of Change (MOC) for terminal modifications and take on lead role for various MOC projects as required
• Support engineering design analysis including preliminary design development, (heat and mass) calculation, technology evaluation and equipment selection.
• Participate in reviews and evaluations such as HAZID, HAZOP, FMEA, SPF, model reviews, Safety Integrity Level reviews, RAM analysis, layout and other process etc and support the design validation process in alignment with contract and regulatory requirements and specifications.
• Review standard operating procedures and start up manuals to ensure compatibility with design limitations and procedures are adequate.
• Lead, review and perform inspection and investigation of equipment and production systems to facilitate optimisation and formulate remedial procedures.
• Assist the Production Manager to report and investigate any related HSSE near miss / violation.
• Custodian of Operation Abnormality Reports, to manage the overall status of the reports, perform initial investigation to determine root cause and to drive root cause analysis and resolution.
• Participate in emergency response and may be assigned to a specific role and responsibility for such purpose.

Work Experience

• Minimum of eight (8) years practical experience in process engineering function in an oil, gas or petrochemical industries.
• Conversant with local/international codes, regulations, standards, best practices in the process.
• Good knowledge of commissioning, operations and troubleshooting of a variety of large and complex processes in the oil, gas or petrochemical industry is critical.
• Knowledge of the LNG / natural gas or other hydrocarbon industries would be advantageous. Candidates with experience in cryogenic plant design, commissioning and start-up are preferred.
• Certified Energy Manager certification will be an advantage.
• Knowledge of Process Safety Management, Process Hazard Analysis and Functional Safety would be advantageous
• Knowledge of electrical, instrumentation, controls and mechanical discipline would be advantageous
• In addition, the successful candidate should possess the following personal attributes:

1. Highly analytical and meticulous.
2. Self-motivated, independent and strong team player
3. Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
4. Excellent negotiating and influencing skills to manage external and internal stakeholders and third parties.

Education

Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering